Hello {{lead.First Name:default=Subscriber}} welcome to this week's edition of The HIMSS North America Weekly Insider.

In this issue: The Value of The Client In the C-Suite: There is Only One Boss the Customer; HIMSS Healthcare & Cross-Sector Cybersecurity Report for October 2017; TIGER News

What's New

HIMSS Early Careerists Meetup - Chicago, IL Come join us and connect with the HIMSS Early Careerists Community on Wednesday, November 15 for a social evening of networking, appetizers, drinks, and all-you-can-play arcade games at the Highline's Hi-Point game lounge in Chicago. Registration required. Learn more here.

Blog: Prescription Drug Monitoring Improves Patient OutcomesBy Kevin Borcher, Pharm.D., PDMP Program Director, NeHII A prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) is an electronic database that captures prescription data from pharmacies for controlled substances. Using a real-life example, Kevin describes the power of prescription monitoring when caring for a patient.How does the PDMP work?

Blog:Creating a Glide Path to Interoperability - HIMSS Releases a Call to Action This blog post outlines the newly released HIMSS Interoperability Call to Action, which contains succinct guidance on what must happen now to achieve better health, better care and lower cost through the best use of electronic health information. The themes touch on ‘pain points’ experienced by many in the field and build on previous calls outlined in the ONC Shared Interoperability Roadmap. Join HIMSS in activating the Call to Action and contributing to efforts to achieve interoperable health information exchange!

Event Announcement:WEDI-CON 2017 will include deep diving tracks on data exchange, privacy & security, and the business of health IT. Get tools and strategies to help you with your 9 to 5 and beyond! Sessions will focus on Attachments, Prior Authorization, HITRUST Assessments, Tips from a Hacker and more. Attend the conference Dec. 4-6, 2017 in Reston, VA. Healthcare IT’s Future Starts Here!

Save-the-Date: HIMSS18 Career Fair - Wednesday, March 7 Whether you're new to the health IT field or seasoned professional, discover a wide range of resources to advance your career at the HIMSS18 Career Fair. Attendees will have the opportunity to post their resume and connect with the top employers in health IT. The HIMSS18 Career Fair is a centralized location for recruiters, job seekers, consultants and others who contribute to the development of the health IT workforce. Meet one-on-one with hiring companies and recruiters. Additional activities will be going on throughout the day. Visit HIMSS18 Career Fair for more information.

The Value Brief

The Value of The Client In the C-Suite: There is Only One Boss, the Customer

In part two of the STEPS To Value series, “The Value of The Client In The C-Suite,” Scott Bostick, former chief client officer and current chief operating officer of NextGen Healthcare and user experience subject matter expert, Adam Bazer, conclude their discussion about how the company transformed their organization’s relationship with their clients to help them better navigate in a value-based care paradigm.

Listen to the podcast, and learn more about how health IT brings value to organizations on the HIMSS Value Suite site.

Tools & Resources

Event:Workflow Considerations for C-CDA Document Exchange November 6, 2017 | 12:00 - 1:00 pm ET In the exchange of Consolidated Clinical Document Architecture (C-CDA) documents, organizations have questions concerning workflow and best practices for creating and consuming these documents. This Health Story Project Roundtable presentation will examine some of the key considerations for organizations who are sending or receiving C-CDA documents. Panelists will share real-world experience implementing new workflows to support C-CDA document exchange. Register now!

Information Governance for Emerging Payment Models WebinarMonday, November 6th at 12:00 PM CT Emerging payment models require a breadth and depth of information sharing never before contemplated - scenarios that require providers to share encounter, quality and cost information not only among providers within the same system, but disparate providers as well. Join AHIMA for an exploration of these emerging requirements, the formalized business relationships they suggest, the specific information that will need to be shared under certain models, and the information management questions that will need to be answered going forward.

Have you ever had a conversation you wanted to follow up on but didn’t? Do you find yourself wishing you had a reason to get in touch with a colleague, customer, or old acquaintance? Follow-up is the foundation for building a thriving network and business.

Often we are too busy to focus on building and nurturing our relationships. Some of us may find follow-up awkward, uncomfortable, or even unwanted. Thus we find it difficult to move from one conversation to the next, to build upon the initial contact and turn it into a real relationship.

And even if you do this with ease, there are a variety of powerful approaches for increasing your contact with and the value you provide to your network. During this webinar, The 11 Laws of Likability’s author, Michelle Tillis Lederman will take you through tips and tactics that will help you convert your conversations into stronger and longer connections. At the end of the day it is the strength of your relationships that leads to your success.

Learning Objectives:

Move from first conversation to lasting connection

What to do before the first conversation ends

How to leverage technology and social media in simple ways to increase familiarity

The event was organized by Ursula Hübner, University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück and TIGER Committee Co-Chair, in her role as member of the EU*US eHealth Work Project. Dr. Hübner invited guest speakers and made sure GMDS fully supported this workshop. Beth Elias, TIGER Committee Co-Chair, attended this meeting remotely and was joined by other TIGER members from around the world.

Interested in getting involved with the EU*US eHealth Work Project? Visit the project page at http://ehealthwork.org/. You can also email us at info@ehealthwork.eu for more information and to be added to the mailing list.

RENEW YOUR HIMSS MEMBERSHIP Your membership dues contribute to the education, resources, and thought leadership necessary to drive your career and our industry forward. Take a moment today to login to your account to ensure that your membership is up to date. If you need a paper invoice, request via email at membersupport@himss.org. Thank you for your support!

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